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CITY OF ELK RIVER
<br />NOTES TO BASIC FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
<br />YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2016
<br />NOTE 9 DEFINED BENEFIT PENSION PLANS —STATE-WIDE (CONTINUED)
<br />D. Pension Costs (Continued)
<br />2. PEPFF Pension Costs
<br />At December 31, 2016, the City reported a liability of $12,280,312 for its proportionate
<br />share of the PEPFF's net pension liability. The net pension liability was measured as
<br />of June 30, 2016, and the total pension liability used to calculate the net pension
<br />liability was determined by an actuarial valuation as of that date. The City's proportion
<br />of the net pension liability was based on the City's contributions received by PERA
<br />during the measurement period for employer payroll paid dates from July 1, 2015,
<br />through June 30, 2016, relative to the total employer contributions received from all of
<br />PERA's participating employers. At June 30, 2016, the City's proportion was .3060%.
<br />For the year ended December 31, 2016, the City recognized pension expense of
<br />$1,900,792 for its proportionate share of the PEPFF's pension expense. The City also
<br />recognized $27,540 for the year ended December 31, 2016, as pension expense (and
<br />grant revenue) for its proportionate share of the State of Minnesota's on -behalf
<br />contributions to the PEPFF. Legislation passed in 2013 required the State of
<br />Minnesota to begin contributing $9 million to the PEPFF each year, starting in fiscal
<br />year 2014. < 1W
<br />At December 31, 2016, the City reported its proportionate share of the PEPFF's
<br />deferred outflows of resources and deferred inflows of resources related to pensions
<br />from the following sources:
<br />Description
<br />Differences Between Expected and
<br />Actual Economic Experience
<br />Changes in Actuarial Assumptions
<br />Net Difference Between Projected and Actual
<br />Earnings on Pension Plan Investments
<br />Changes in Proportion and Differences Between City
<br />Contributions and Proportionate Share of Contributions
<br />City Contributions Subsequent to the Measurement Date
<br />Total
<br />Deferred Outflows Deferred Inflows
<br />of Resources of Resources
<br />35,686
<br />2,513,596
<br />1,313,966
<br />124,523
<br />373,868
<br />$ 41361,639
<br />960,323
<br />540,061
<br />$ 1,500,384
<br />A total of $284,459 reported as deferred outflows of resources related to pensions
<br />resulting from City contributions subsequent to the measurement date will be
<br />recognized as a reduction of the net pension liability in the year ended December 31,
<br />2017. Other amounts reported as deferred outflows and inflows of resources related to
<br />pensions will be recognized in pension expense as follows:
<br />Year Ending December 31,
<br />2017
<br />2018
<br />2019
<br />2020
<br />2021
<br />Thereafter
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<br />Pension Expense
<br />Amount
<br />$ 1,327,720
<br />1,327,720
<br />1,735,411
<br />1,417,827
<br />1,164,485
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